This Second Appeal raises the question whether a Hindu minor is bound by a deed of family arrangement entered into on his behalf by his natural guardian in bona fide settlement of claims against the minor’s estate and for his benefit.

One Arunachalam Pillai married two wives, Ammalammal and Sengamalathachi. By his first wife, Ammalammal, he had no issues. He had a daughter named Dhanalakshmi and a son named Palani by his second wife Sengamalam. One Rathnasami Pillai was the son of his first wife’s younger brother. Arunachalam Pillai desired that his daughter Dhanalakshmi should be given in marriage to Rathnasami Pillai. He executed a settlement deed on 17th February, 1936 in and by which he settled the A Schedule properties attached to that deed absolutely in favour of Dhanalakshmi and Rathnasami Pillai. Items 1 and 2 of the B Schedule properties attached to that settlement deed were to be enjoyed by Arunachalam Pillai himself during his lifetime and after him they were to be taken absolutely by Rathnasami and Dhanalakshmi. Item 3 of the B Schedule therein was directed to be enjoyed by his first wife Ammalammal without any right of alienation and after her lifetime that p